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Electric connecting device

  • US 20050255719A1
  • Filed: 09/08/2003
  • Published: 11/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrical connecting device having the following features:

  • a) a current or data transmitter device which can be connected to at least one current-transmitting or pulse-transmitting source is arranged in a transmitter housing and has contact elements, b) a current receiving or data receiving device, which can be electrically connected to a load or a consumer is arranged in a receiver housing and has contact elements, c) at least the contact elements in one of the two devices (current or data transmitter device, or current receiving or data receiving device) are arranged in an at least partially elastic wall of the associated housing, d) a current, pulse or data transfer can be produced between the contact elements (which are in the form of flat contacts with touching surfaces) of the current or data transmitter device and the current receiving or data receiving device by connection of the current or data transmitter device to the current receiving or data receiving device, characterized in that e) a large number of contact elements (3 or 9, respectively) of at least one of the two devices (1 or 5, respectively) are arranged alongside one another in a configuration (10) in the form of an array, f) the contact elements (3) which are inserted into the configuration in the form of an array are elastically mounted, and g) the configuration in the form of an array rests on a pressing link (16) on the side facing away from the contact elements (3).

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